Commute Count: May 18

Took a roundabout way of getting here today so I could check out
a few things. I see they did some paving at the Harper
park-and-ride lot and painted the bus stop, but it’s not open yet.
They’re getting ready to start widening Southworth Drive next week.
There are stakes out in the bay on one side and up in people’s
yards on the other.

Figured what the heck, I’m already late anyway, and took the
scenic route along the water. Been a while since I was in the old
stomping ground. Old Stomping Ground. Where did that term come
from? It has something to do with frisky prairie chickens stomping
the ground bare in their mating routines. I read it on the
Internet.

So I wound up in Annapolis and accidentally found out Beach
Drive was closed there, for seawall work. I’m working on stories
about all three projects and hope to have them to you soon.

Am I the only one who didn’t know about the camels out by
Manchester State Park. I was all pumped to tell the folks at work
about them, but most everyone had already knew. There’s a
one-humper and a two-humper. They’re huge and hairy. A nice lady
came out in her John Deere rig to bring them some hay and hollered
“Good morning” to me. I took a few pics with my cell phone, but
they showed up as specs.

Was heading home early the other day. Head was aching so bad I
felt like I was going to puke. So guess what happens. I stop dead
in my tracks on the Mullenix overpass. Come to find out about 15
minutes later there’s a car fire closing the right lane. It was out
by the time I got there. First off, how does a car catch on fire?
And when it does, why doesn’t the gas explode and blow it to
smithereens?

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Ed, me and my buddies run along Beach Drive and up past that camel farm on Saturday mornings. One day those camels were up against the fence in the morning, and when we got close this camel spit at my friend Ernie. Missed him, but a camel can make a huge pile of spit if you’ve never seen it.